Angelina Jolie And Brad Pitt Teaming On New Project She Wrote

EXCLUSIVE: Here is a film that instantly becomes the one every studio will want on their slate. Angelina Jolie is in early talks to star with Brad Pitt in an original script that she has written. It’s in the early talking stages and nothing is solidified, but I hear it’s happening. I don’t know a lot more at this point.

The film hasn’t locked distribution, but it will team Jolie and Pitt together for the first time since 2005’s Mr. And Mrs. Smith. That film displayed an intense chemistry onscreen, and this was before they became a couple offscreen. Jolie is working on post-production on Unbroken, the adaptation she directed of the Laura Hillenbrand book. Universal has set a December 25 release for the harrowing survival tale of Olympic track prodigy-turned-WWII POW Lou Zamperini. It’s expected to be right in the Oscar mix. Unbroken was a hotly contested directing project, and Jolie won the job with a presentation that wowed the studio, where Donna Langley also was very impressed with her directorial debut, In The Land Of Blood And Honey. She next stars in Disney’s Maleficent, which opens May 30 with Jolie playing the title character in the revisionist version of the fairy tale.

Will reveal more when I know it. Pitt is coming off 12 Years A Slave and most recently wrapped the David Ayer-directed WWII tank movie Fury, which QED produced and Sony is releasing. Stay tuned. She is repped by UTA and Media Talent Group Pitt by CAA and Brillstein Entertainment.

51 Comments

Anna • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Exciting news, can’t wait for this!!!

Charlotte • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Why don’t they produce a film about Benghazi?
Wannabe a soldier Brad Pitt could play one of the
slain navy seals, and Jolie could play the Ambassador
who was raped and tortured and dragged through the streets?
Chris Rock could play Obama, who was probably shooting
hoops with his boy Love at the time.

Jenny • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Ehhhh….reviews for her ITLOBAH basically said directing was good, script writing was bad, so it would make more sense for her to direct Brad in something than the two of them star together in something she wrote.

That said, if the movie budget is kept relatively small, like 50-80 million, I can see it turning a decent profit even if the movie sucks simply because lots of people worldwide will go to see a movie starring the two of them.

Neil • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

More like the scriptwriting was “controversial” then “bad”. People with money must have been impressed nevertheless if they gave her “next” project a big greenlight.

Neil • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

More like the scriptwriting was “controversial” than “bad”. People with money must have been impressed nevertheless if they gave her “next” project a big greenlight.

+1, Lilah. Anytime someone tells me they could care less, I look to push them to see how much care’s left in ‘em.

juliejewel • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

all to coincide with their wedding/heated up oscar campaigning for UNBROKEN..when are people going to stop ignoring these two are worse than the KARDASHIANS??

Gemma • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Um Brad & Angelina haven’t leaked any false information about their weddings to PEOPLE unlike Jennifer Aniston who had that bogus PEOPLE wedding cover story in 2013 that turned out to be lies….typical strategy from the failed rom com queen (she’s not Sandra Bullock, Julia Roberts, or Cameron Diaz).

Showbiz Kid • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

I’m no huge Aniston fan but give the lady her due, her movies make bank. Consistently and no matter who her co-stars are. Quit being led around by tabloid bullshit.

Guest • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Right….that’s why Aniston has NEVER spoken directly on a specific date for her nuptials other then to say she’s in no rush and has no date set, whereas Pitt has spoken explicitly on his upcoming wedding during the promotion of the last half dozen of his movies, including giving a direct interview/cover story to People in 2012 where he said, “the time is nigh” and the wedding was “imminent” all the way back when he was promoting Killing Them Softly. I guess these words and phrases have a different meaning to Pitt then the rest of the world since he’ll probably still be regurgitating them at his next movie promotion!

Monica • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Aniston has given countless interviews about her wedding and engagement. including talking about her wedding hairstyle and had a whole people magazine spread about the wedding which was suppose to take place last Spring. You must be crazy if you think her publicist didnt sign off on that cover, if it was in touch maybe not but people magazine he most surely did. Brad hasnt mentioned the wedding sine Nov 2012, and Angelina has never said anything about. He didnt mention it during WWZ promotion nor TYAS.

MimiB • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

“Engagement” is the new “We’re going steady and not dating others”. It’s meaningless. Most Hollywood engagements never come off. I really don’t care if these couples tie the legal knot or not … but it kind of cheapens the concept of being Engaged to Marry, when marriage is not deemed a followup to an engagement.

Well Brad and Angelina haven’t really said anything about a wedding since their engagement. They have been very quiet about it besides Brad saying something about it in a People interview a year ago while at least promoting something. Jennifer had an entire cover dedicated to just an engagement, which was unnecessary blocking the Oscar winners 2013 and she wasn’t promoting anything. I definitely remember that cover.

Katie • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Like it’s any of our business.

Anonymous • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Jennifer is always the lesser costar in all her successful movies. You’ll lose all credibility if you argue she’s a bigger draw than someone like Jim Carey or Adam Sandler.

Also there’s a big difference between Brad giving one sentence statements on his wedding details and Jennifer’s publicist contacting PEOPLE to make a fake cover story about her wedding which turned out to be false.

Casting • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

It’s not a conversation about Angelina and Brad until it’s a conversation about Jennifer, eh?

Wesley • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

I guess Unbroken is not coming together nicely.
The Brangelina self promotion machine is getting desperate.

Julie • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Desperate? Jolie gets her second Oscar in November 2013 and Brad gets his first Oscar in March 2014.

Meanwhile….Jennifer Aniston still 0 Oscar nominations LOL.

Wesley • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

OMG, Deadline isn’t safe from the Brangelina/Anniston trolls anymore!

endia • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Maybe one day Angie/Brad fans will let go of Jennifer. How long has it been now? Move on!

The same could be said for Jennifer Aniston fans, they can’t seem to let Brad and Angelina go. They are still holding a nine year grudge because she “stole” Brad from Jennifer. It’s all so pathetic.

Neil • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Funny how sites that are Angie or Jen positive don’t do too well unless they are also about bashing the “other”. Female First has hundreds of threads about how horrible Angie is and over at Just Jared a thread about Angie almost always and very quickly turns into a hate-fest about Jen….. NOW NINE YEARS AND COUNTING…

Huckster Haney • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

They should star in the new Green Acres movie they’d be crackerjack in that and it would make a lot of money.

P.S. I hear Disney is not happy with Malficent , and they expect the film to flop .

Julie • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Maleficent is doing fine….Box Office Mojo predicts 450 million worldwide which would put it on par with Oz The Great and Powerful (which had a higher production budget).

The only negative reports came from some financial analyst from a rival studio (which he admits himself) and who failed to pronounce Maleficent correctly. Oh yeah, the same analysts who predicted WWZ would be a flop but it was a big success, and then people tried saying “well, 50% of box office goes to theatres, plus marketing, means it bombed badly regardless” except then Viacom reported big gains in 4th quarter income in November, citing WWZ for the success.

Monica • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Bad reviews? It received mixed reviews and won the Stanely Kramer PGA award. As far as Maleficent flopping, you wish. The movie has been huge buzz everywhere. I can’t wait to come here May 30th weekend to see you jealous Jen fans seething.

Stacy • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

I see all the Jolie-Pitt hating crazies from that insane asylum known as FemalesFirst.com have found their way to Deadline. Y’all really need to do something about the riffraff around here.

dramadramadrama • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

The chemistry was good in Mr. & Mrs. Smith because they WEREN’T together off-screen. Remember Eyes Wide Shut?

dc • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Yes, I do. Nicole was good.

Ian • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Nicole Kidman was great. You’re right about onscreen partnerships not working a lot, though. Meg Ryan with any of her partners has been dead.

sly • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

well now I have that crazy spooky backwards-chant in my head. Thanks for that.

JP • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

First.. the Only reason Unbroken was finally brought to film is because of Angie everyone in Hollywood has begged to make it but she was asked personally to bring it to film… if they make a movie together people will go to see their chemistry again!! Maleficent will be a huge box office hit can’t wait!! All hail the King and Queen of Hollywood Brad and Angie!! xox

Mohammed • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

No Angelina! Throw Jennifer a bone. You cannot leave her in the desert of the has-been! You’re better than that.

Ethnie • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Brad and Angelina will be King& Queen of Tinsel Town for a long time, not just because they’re both beautiful, but because both are exceptionally good Actors. And the Brangelina and Jen will be going on until all those magazines keep repeating on what had happened on 2005 “the split”. Whatever these two do will always attract attention due to their acting. Therefore their so-called Chemistry will continue to shine. I feel sorry for those Jolie-Pitt haters, all that hate doesn’t do justice for Jennifer. She can never compare to Angelina’s beauty and brains. Let alone the acting part. I also thinks she knows that, which is the saddest part of all. It’s a futile comparison….

Dee • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Ethnie, Amen…
Also, they are becoming quite successful in areas other than acting.After her world wide recognition and success in writing, “In the Land…,” who would be better than to script a movie with her and Brad? Who knows them better? Her rebelness (is that a word?) and ‘like me OK don’t like me, OK,’, is what I like most about her. I think that the two of them have such full lives as actors, developers, parents and hmanitarians, that such mean-spirited comments made here are negible. They remain at the top level of celebrity because they’ve earned it. And it doesn’t hurt that there is an old-school feel about their celebrity. And who looks more regal on the red carpet? They both have that elusive ‘it’ factor. Period.

wawa • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

ITLOBAH was GOD AWFUL!!! If it was you or me, we would never eat lunch in this town again. Hope this is at least watchable.

Anonymous • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

“Jolie won the job with a presentation that wowed the studio”… that sentence summarizes involuntarily a huge lot of how this business really works.

LaraO • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Hope this film comes to fruition, I will be there to see it as a big fan of many years of both Angelina and Brad. So sad that some must still after almost 10 years attach a long over and completely dead past to whatever mention or news of these two. Wonder how many of those few who seem rooted in someone else’s past (other than that vile repulsive UK site female first which it definitely is not)would want people to keep bringing up their past as if their present does not exist.

U • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

They would end their fake relationship after this crapfest movie that jolie once again stole the script from another screen writer

A “fake relationship” that has lasts for nine years and produced three biological and three adopted kids. LOL

exfromtheleft • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

“fake relationship”??? really??? i mean 9 years, 6 kids, an engagement, and we still are debating the reality of that relationship… but 4.5 years of brad and jennifer relationship that started with blind date arranged by their respective agent that is a real relationship?

Let’s be clear here, that relationship known as “brangelina” started on a negative note and a third party was hurt in the process! Jennifer and her fans have the right to hate Angie for the rest of her existence and if brangelina come to a halt one day, they have the right to celebrate. But the relationship known as “bragelina” is real.

If all relationships started when people are free and single life would be easier, but it doesn’t it often start in a big mess!

they should do ‘whose afraid of virgina wolf’ and tear into each other and the movie needs to be R Rated, no i don’t ask much but demand it.

Thriller in manilla • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

IF I had a say i’d tell them to do remake of ‘whose afraid of virgnia wolf’ and tear into each other pending the movie is rated R , yes i dont ask much, but I insist .

Secret Agent • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Yours is just the begining of some seriously pathetic posts here. OMG, people, get a life. Beginning with getting your facts straight. This is a business site, not a high school girls’ lockerroom. Teehee has been replaced wIth “groan”. Grow up.

tom hruby • on May 2, 2014 3:50 pm

Wow, after reading all this insightful dialogue about Jenn and Jolie I’m going to pitch a remake of “The African Queen” starring the two of them. Might put the anguish of fans to rest to see them work it out on screen. As I give voice to the rewrite; Jenn or Jolie as Rose? I mean, what a great vehicle in support of same sex marriage thrown in with the politics of war and relationships. And leeches to boot!